Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-03
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SAcRAnxxro, January n. 1857.
NE Ssnasors came up snilinx this At
,urpoon after taking . needed rest OF two
d.vs That carsworn look has diaap-
pe.red from their eoanfenancss. that
b.. been 70 noticeable in many of them
for the past week; they have now A.
.umed 4 look of confideaee IN themselves
as if to say ''we are ready for business
..s our commitments will have no more
cause for complaint.
Lieutenant.Governcr Waterman was
early ON hand this morning to assume
control of the gavel. and has made up
his mind to hold on to it for the baianee
of the session. He viii not even ensrust
il in the hands of his best bower, III. D-
Boruck, who has been his sole supporter
since ne assumed the chair OF the Senate.
Senator Steve White has earned for
himself the title of ssThe Giant" OF the
Senate, from the fact that he Is an IN
cesent worker, both in the Senate cham
Der and in committees. His sole aim
seems to be dispatch. and he comes nearer
gaining his point on all questions than
any other Senator ON the floor. He IS
at his post day and night, and never
seems to tire.
Promptly at 2 O'Clock p. NJ the Sem
aka met. Iieuteuans- Governor Water
man presiding. The roll Was called
q quorum found present. Prayer was Of
fered by the chaplain of the Senate, and
the official order of business at once
taken mn. The first business ON the
special file was Senate concurrent reso,
luton No. 3, relative to the withdrawal
of government timber land from sale,
introduced by Senator Rose. or Los An
geles. The resolution was opposed BY
Senators Yell, Boggs and others- 1t
vas apparent to Senator White that the
object Of the opposition Was to virtually
kill the resolution by inserting an amend
ment by striking out the words: And
all assistance etc. This brought Sem
a,or White to his feet. He moved that
the resolution be made the special c-der
for Wednesday. Immediately after the
reading of the journal. which Was car
RED after q waste of debate OF one hour
and half.
Senate bill No. A. introduced also by
Senator Rose, was deferred until ths
same day, after being amended to read
5000 instead of $1,000. This IS an
act to enlarge the State Board
of Forestry and to provide for
the expense of said Board Senate
Bill No. Al. An act to eneoa--
age tree planting in the State OF Califor-
MIA and setting apart the s2l of February
as arbor day and making awards ef
5000 annually a. premiums for tree
planters. Senator Rose Is the author OF
this bill also. The above named bills
consumed tie afternoon hovr.
Senator Caminetti of Amador intro
duced a new rule in the Senate. CON-
pelIing all persons who have any claims
against the State to make out \ prIma-
facie case or get no money and empow-
ering the Committee on Claims to take
all the testimo ony in shorthand from the
claimants and their witnesses Senator
Meary, chairman on claims, opposed
the scheme on the grounds that he dli
not intend, 20 far as he was concerned,
TO run away with the treasury or let any
one else do it. He was of the impress
sion that Senator Caminetsf wanted 4
little cheap notoriety,' or be dubbed -
another watchdog of the treasury. The
new rule was adopted. however, and If
will now cost more to ind out the
amount of claims than the whole claims
sgainst the State will amount TO. The
Committee on Finance are IN session
this evening and no doubs will consign
many of the bills before them to an ear
ly grave. The Committee on Claims
are also In session and they also hsvs
a large amount of bills to consider
They are considering the claims of the
residents Of Telegraph Hill who were
damaged by reason OF the excavation oi
rock taken for the purpose of builiine
sections five and six of the seavall.
Harbor Commissioners John H. Wise
and PauIsell are here looking after the
interest of the State. whlIe Senator
Clunie's brother represents the claim
ants There seems TO be q great inter.
est taken in this bill. both by the repre-
sentatives of the State and the parties
interested, the Commissioners claiming
that the contractors, wm- ID. English &
Co., are the responsible parties aid not
the State. Yet they are wIllinz
to reimburse the parties injured
out OF the State treasury provided that
the Harbor Commissioners fund Is moi
invaded, this it is supposed is the Gauss
Of the interest taken by the Harboi
Commissioners. The Judiciary Com,
mitsee have got their hand full In ths
consideration Of Ciunieis Insurance Sen,
ate Bill, No. 50, all the Representatives
of the insurance companies are here to-
day and lively time Is expected II
will be several days before the b5l j.
reported on Judging from the rumbel
of witnesses TO be examined. Ii l
commonly called the cinch of the sea
teres. throughout the State. The lob
by is beginning to assume a lively ap
pearance and the manipulators OF tbs
"eack" feel confident Of success. They
are determined that this bill shall not
GO through if they know IT. In short
all the work that is now beng done i
done in committee, and in = few days
more there will be general slaughter
The As embly did not meet to-day,
having adjourned until Tuesday at .
O'Clock. The Judiciary COMMITTEES
worked until ii P. N. tonight and ex
amined host of witnesses.
When on molten OF Senator Whits
an adjournment was had until S A. N
Tuesday, the Committee ON Invitatioz
Of Assemblyman Mann of San Francisco
kied themselves to down town restau
rant where q banquet was spread ans
tbs friends of the now celebrated In
surance Bill enjoyed themselves unit
an earlv hour.